Nigel Kennedy headlines Scarborough

Violinist Nigel Kennedy and guitarist John Etheridge (pictured) lead the line-up for this year’s Scarborough Jazz Festival, which takes place in the North Yorkshire town from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 September.

Kennedy, said to be the best-selling violinist of all time, concentrated on classical music early in his career but in recent years has increasingly turned his attention to jazz. Of securing Kennedy and Etheridge for Scarborough, festival director Mike Gordon said: “We are over the moon to have such an outstanding international star appearing at our festival … and to have him playing with another world-class musician, John Etheridge, is very exciting.”